Damascus Yatagan Sword

"This sword is one of the earliest known yatagans, distinctly Turkish weapons characterized by a double-curved blade and a hilt without a guard. Yatagans were commonplace in Turkey and the Balkans in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and served as sidearms for the elite troops known as janissaries." (metmuseum)

At the beginning of this work, I was planning to create the model in a manner that was true to the original. During the production phase, I've decided to add a Damascus pattern and to remove the black junction detail of dragon and phoenix. I made this decision due to the challenge of working on a highly detailed product in Blender on my skill level at the time. I've then procedurally created the Damascus pattern in the blender node editor and baked it for Substance Painter import.

Referances and information "https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/24953"